Robot F. Kennedy

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This is the third of a multi-part series on climate change, the President’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, and the politics and rhetoric that surround it. This week: where are we headed? What scenarios are likely to play out in the decades ahead, as the climate becomes the arch-issue of the future? In this episode we talk about body heat, globalism, the Cretaceous coastline, healthy debt-to-GDP ratios, and Apple CEO Tim Cook. This is Robot F. Kennedy. SHOW NOTES Paper: “Global risk of deadly heat”, NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE https://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate3322.html Right now, about 30 percent of the world’s population is exposed to deadly temperatures at least 20 days out of the year. By 2100, that number could reach 74 percent if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, or 48 percent with drastic cuts to global emissions. Articles ”A new book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.”, Vox.com https:/